For the last 10 days, I have been on easy street. Floating on a cloud. My photography life expertly hacked. Thanks to a Facebook video, my single biggest frustration with my Nikon D750s has been alleviated.
Because of the heroic actions of a savvy member of the MagMod community Facebook group, my D750 eyecup hasn’t found its way to the bottom of my bag or vanished in the streets, trails, and unbeaten paths that my job would often have me travel. Arizona-base photographer Jason Marino, also perturbed with constantly replacing D750 eyecups, discovered the solution to keeping those little suckers in place.
Because of the heroic actions of a savvy member of the MagMod community Facebook group, my D750 eyecup hasn’t found its way to the bottom of my bag or vanished in the streets, trails, and unbeaten paths that my job would often have me travel. Arizona-base photographer Jason Marino, also perturbed with constantly replacing D750 eyecups, discovered the solution to keeping those little suckers in place.
The minus is that Nikon DSLRs can't execute outside of the camera firmware. That's what made the Canon Magic Lantern hacks so popular: you could install them on an SD card and there was no memory limit to how big the hack could be. The Nikon D750 Hack That Will Change Your Life for the Better. By Adam Sparkes. Do any of you have a camera hack that has made your day? Let us know below.
“When we switched over to Nikon last year we immediately fell in love with the D750 bodies,” Marino told Fstoppers. “Light, versatile, with an amazing sensor and great low light capability, we couldn't have asked for anything more... Until we started losing eye cups at an alarming rate. For the past year I've tried everything to keep them on the camera, and ultimately settled on gaffers tape wrapped sloppily around the cup and mount area.”
It was this constant fumbling with gaffers tape that we’ve all done so many times that led Marino to a streamlined solution. Marino took advantage of the D750’s tilting screen by wrapping a thin piece of tape around the lower, unpadded edge of the eyecup several times and attaching the remaining lead to the flat space behind the retracted screen.
A think strip of gaffer taper will easily wrap three or four times around the bottom of you replacement eyecup.
I recently sat down on my sofa, camera in hand, and studied the parts. After about two minutes an idea struck me, and here we are, as perfect as possible. The tape holds the eye cup in place perfectly and I've not lost one since. Now if only Nikon would do something so we don't have to rig them up!
Marino quickly shared a video of the hack in action in a Facebook group shared by MagMod users. This prompted me to abandon my cup-less cameras and tape on two new eyecups. I’m happy to announce, that after nearly two weeks, I’ve yet to lose an eyecup. This a feat that I’d never thought would possible. The hair-pulling frustration of never having an eyecup seems to be over for now!
Leaving a small lead to stick behind the D750 LCD will act as an anchor for your eyecup.
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A gaffer tape hack might still be a sore replacement for parts that actually stay in place, but my workhorse D750s certainly needed the TLC.
Do any of you have a camera hack that has made your day? Let us know below.
Check out Jason Marino's work here.
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Once you've taken the perfect picture with your Nikon camera, the image isn't very useful until you download it to your computer. From there, you can manipulate the photo, post it to your social networking sites or print it to keep in your photo albums. Nikon includes transfer software with many of its cameras to help make the exchange simple and as automated as possible. The View NX 2 software allows you to preview photos in any format, including JPG and RAW.
1.Place the View NX 2 installation CD into your computer's CD drive. Click 'Install,' 'Next' and 'OK' to continue and finalize the installation.
2.Charge the camera's battery. It doesn't need a full charge, but it must have enough of a charge to remain on while you download photos; shoot for at least a half charge on the camera's battery to ensure it doesn't run out while you're downloading photos.
3.Turn on the computer. Connect the camera to the computer using the USB cable. Many Nikon cameras have a mini-USB port, while the computer has a standard USB port. The camera likely came with the appropriate cable.
4.Turn on the camera. The computer should automatically launch the Nikon View NX 2 software.
5.Click 'Start Transfer' in the View NX 2 window. This will load the photos into the software, where they will be stored unless you move them. Click on the 'Primary Destination' tab to change the folder where you want the photos imported.
6.Save the photos to different folders on your computer by clicking on the photos. Press 'Shift' as you click to select multiple photos at once. Click 'File' and 'Save As,' then browse for the appropriate folder. Click 'Save.'
Tips
- If your computer has a card reader, you can eject your memory card from the Nikon camera and insert it into the computer's card port. If it doesn't manually launch View NX 2, go to the Start button, select 'All Programs' and 'View NX 2' to open the software.
- You can view photos in View NX 2 by going to 'File' and 'Open' and browsing for the correct folder.
- View NX 2 automatically downloads all new photos from your camera; you don't have the option to download select photos. However, you can quickly delete unwanted photos by clicking on them in the thumbnail window and hitting 'Delete.'
- To use other photo programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom, open the software and click 'File' and 'Import.' Choose your camera, which should appear under the device list.
Warning
- Don't disconnect or turn off your Nikon camera while photos are downloading to your computer. You can lose photos that are in the process of being downloaded.
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